Naked Bible 324: Psalm 91 and Demons

The Naked Bible Podcast

Dr. Michael S. Heiser

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 16 May 2020

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

With the advent of the coronavirus threat and subsequent quarantine measures, many people are referencing Psalm 91 as though it were intended to provide immunity from the virus. This is an abuse of this psalm. In this episode of the podcast, we talk about the meaning of Psalm 91 – specifically, its characterization as an exorcistic psalm in the days of Jesus. That context has ramifications for its use by Satan to tempt Jesus into acting outside of God’s plan for salvation and Jesus’s rebuttal. Links to articles: Craig Evans, “Jesus and Evil Spirits in the Light of Psalm 91,” Baptistic Theologies 1 (2009): 43-58 Dr. Gerrit C. Vreugdenhil, "Demonic doom: Psalm 91 and the threat of evil spirits and demons" Naked Bible blog: “Would Jesus Say the Coronavirus is a Deserved Judgment on Wicked People?”

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0:26.3	Welcome to the Naked Bible Podcast, episode 324, Psalm 91, and demons, the layman, Trace
0:33.0	Trickland, and he's the scholar, Dr. Michael Heizer.
0:35.3	Hey Mike, how you doing?
0:38.6	Pretty good, pretty good ready to get some topical stuff done now.
0:43.0	Yeah, we've had a lot of interviews and now, single topics.
0:49.0	So I'm excited.
0:50.0	Then the first one seems pretty interesting.
0:53.0	Well, the short version here is I've heard enough about Psalm 91 to just have it make
1:01.2	me a little ill when it comes to the coronavirus thing.
1:05.7	So I thought, that's a good place to start.
1:07.7	We'll jump into that because there's just stuff lurking under the surface that includes
1:13.9	demons.
1:14.9	It's always great to talk about demons, isn't it?
1:17.4	So I thought that'd be a good place to start.
1:19.9	You have a book out.
1:21.1	So it kind of makes sense.
1:23.7	How's that going?
1:24.7	Any updates on that?
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